Mandla Tembe

You can not have everyone around you when giving birth to a God given dream. Some people will have to leave you. You might say but, "why are they leaving right at my critical moment in my life?" Hear me child of God, you must understand that it is God who brings specific people in your life. We must also bear in mind that he also takes people away. God knows who you need this season. If we agree that God is in control in our lives we should also accept the fact that He is also in control of who we need to meet or of those people who leave us.

One of the senses that we have is olfaction (a sense of smell). With this sense you are able to tell which type of odour you sensing whether fragrant or offensive. Like wise beloved, you can tell right now in this very moment which spirit is more powerful in your life. In other words, the spirit that is in the driver's seat of your life. How are you feeling right now? Have you ever felt annoyed and you didn't even know what caused you to feel that way? Listen that was not just biological reactions in your body but it was the influence of the evil spirits. The word of God tells us that where the spirit of God is; there is liberty. The holy spirit will not cause you to feel depressed and restless, but it will release the peace of God in your life. The spirit of God will inspire you to want to do right and be a blessing to others. May the spirit of God be upon you right now.

We all have certain limitations in our lives. These limitations could be physically related, cognitively or psychosocially related. Limitations causes one to think, "hey I can't achieve that because I am somehow limited." With this kind of attitude we can not conquer the giant like David. When dealing with limitations we must understand that it's either limitations are too big or God is too big. Whatever that is magnified will be king over your life. Let God be magnified over your limitations and watch him do what you could not do. I declare that as you do, God will will begin to move on your behalf. People will ask you, 'how did you do it?' You will tell them, 'hey I magnified God over my limitations.'

There is never a day when a photographer captures an image of a lion an comes back with an image of a cat. Like wise, our minds operate like a camera;whatever we focus on will take residence in our minds. The scipture tells us that as long as the Israelites focused on the snakes that were biting them; some of them died but when they focused on a bronze snake they were healed from the vernom of the snakes. Beloved you might be going through some setbacks  today but I want to encourage you to look on Jesus , focus on Jesus. As you do whatever that has been tormenting or harrasing you will lose power and you will live  a victorious life.

Some channels are worth watching and some deserve to be ignored. As for some channels; after watching their shows you feel motivated to get up from the ashes and see life with a different perspective.  But it is not so with the other channel, after watching its shows you feel depressed and hopeless. This channel instills fear in your mind it causes you to be negative towards life. Having said that beloved; can I tell you something, you might not have control over what content they put on their programmes but you have the power over the remote. You have the power to change the channel that instills fear on your mind. Likewise you might not have control over the content of your past, but you have the power to control which images to entertain in your mind. If you really want to be free from the control of the devil you have to quit watching his channel in your mind. Begin to see what God wants you to see! See that bright future! If you do so beloved; you will be amazed at how yo...

What does it means to live on purpose? Living on purpose means that the environment or situations does not prescribe to you how you should think or behave in any given circumstance. In other words before the next day begins you have already decided in your heart that you will be grateful no matter what! We can not deny the fact that no matter how good we live,  but still we are not exempted from facing difficulties and disappointments. But we are humans,  God has given us a mind to reason. We can be wise and be proactive instead of being reactive. Just like we carry lunch or cash to work to proactively satisfy the hunger drives; likewise we can purposefully carry peace and love in our hearts. Maybe you work with someone who is always rude towards you and every time you see that person you begin to be angry and that ends up ruining your whole day; but as a person who lives on purpose you are wise enough not to let that person control your moods and how your day should be. ...

Have you ever wondered how the devil operates? Knowing and understanding the enemy's schemes is vital if you really want to overcome the enemy.  In that way,  you will be able to predict the devil's moves before the devil finds out. One of the ways the devil operates is, magnifying the negative past. He causes the past to look brighter than the future. The moment you begin to see the missed past opportunities bigger than what God can do now or in the future; realize that, that is the work of the devil. God says , he does not withhold anything good to those who walk uprightly. God's blessings get better and better! The devil will show you pictures in your mind and say,  look this is a person you could have been married to or this is a place you could have been residing in. Listen the devil is a lier, he knows that the best is yet to come. Right now begin to say Lord thank you that the best is yet to come! I declare today that you will have a better future. You have ...

A countless times I have watched you. I have watched you throw yourself at what you do. No matter how draining your work can be; but you have never ceased to be your best. Many days you have been punctual irrespective of  a daily insufficient sleep. You have given every precious gift to your significant other or to the people you loved the most without withholding anything back. Actually you did not consider that the very Rand/dollar you spent on them was your last Rand. In your conversation with your significant other you spoke so softly and slowly as if you owned time. At first I was impressed, I said to myself, oh you really can love,  you are a person who knows the meaning of 'passion, intimacy and commitment; but as I continued watching you,  I wondered;        "Can you throw yourself on me?"        "Can you come into my presence without reservation?"        "Can you give to me your all?" ...